Re: portability of positional parameters after $9?

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "SK" == Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

 SK> Hello,
 SK> On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 02:36:22PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
 >> It's not a myth.  The 7th edition shell behaved that way; it reported
 >> an error if given "${10}".  Solaris 10 /bin/sh still acts that way:

 SK> attached please find an attempt to document this.

I was typing address@hidden address@hidden@}' when your mail came in...
 
 SK> +
 SK> address@hidden address@hidden@}, etc.

I suggest to drop the `etc.' since this item is rendered in @code.

Also something like

@cindex positional parameters

would help me, since that's what I was searching before posting my mail.

 SK> +
 SK> +The 10th, 11th, @dots{} positional parameters can be accessed only after
 SK> +a @code{shift}.  The 7th edition shell reported an error if given 
@address@hidden@}};
 SK> +Solaris 10 /bin/sh still acts that way:

The entries around use @command{/bin/sh}.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz